This week on The Bugcast: Dave and Caroline discuss current politics – surprise! – and try and understand why politicians are encouraged to ignore their electors, plus 8 pieces of fantastic Creative Commons music!

Songs played

* Strontium – Kisses – from Saint Petersburg, Russia – source

* Monk Turner – The Clown Brigade – from Los Angeles, CA – Direct from Artist

* David Davis – Ocean – from Los Angeles, CA – source

* Duro Mambo – Yo No Quiero Casarme – from USA – source

* Kristian Vuljar – Rock Bottom – from Germany – source

* Bessonn&Sa – So Deep Into My Heart – from Russia – source

* Paxton Pennington – On The Weekend – from Normanton, OK – source

* Tinmouth – Last Longer – from Philidelphia, PA – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips

Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

The New York Times: Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church(Inspiration for Monk Turner – The Clown Brigade)

Politics: The Whips are encouraging MPs to ignore their constituency’s views

Wikipedia: Whip (politics)

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot: Star Trek Discovery reviews start this week, next week Caroline is our guest!

Announcements

* Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.

* The next live show will be episode 638, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 30 October 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (GMT/UTC).

Don’t forget clocks go back in the UK and Western Europe this weekend, so double-check the time!

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Podcasts mentioned

The Grumps Blog Podcast

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot

Uncharted with Dave and Caroline, on DN12Live (not a podcast, strictly speaking)

Special thanks go to

Our supporters!

The artists for allowing us to play their music.